Pompano Beach's Mike Fiers -- who ended Giancarlo Stanton's 2014 season with a beaning on Sept. 11 -- pitched the second no-hitter in the major leagues in nine days, leading the Houston Astros to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night....

In October 2011, the Cubs agreed to a five-year contract with Theo Epstein, naming him the president of baseball operations. Epstein assembled a team, including GM Jed Hoyer, and went through the process of rebuilding Cubs baseball from the bottom up.
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Milt Pappas, the former Cubs pitcher who famously came one pitch from a perfect game, died Tuesday, Beecher police have confirmed.
Pappas was 76.
Pitching for the Cubs on Sept. 2, 1972, Pappas, then 33, had a perfect game against...

Wrigley Field is poised to hold its first postseason home game for the Cubs since 2008. The Cubs play the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Monday. Take a look below to see how the team and the city have changed in...

After second baseman Starlin Castro squeezed the line drive for the final out in the Cubs' 4-0 victory Wednesday over the Pirates, teammates danced around the field like the kids they still are.
In the middle of the mania, first baseman Anthony Rizzo...

The signing of Max Scherzer to a $210 million deal sealed the deal for the Nationals.
Now it was just a matter of which AL team they would beat in the World Series.
Reporting to spring training, Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper said of the signing:...

American League
Central Division
White Sox: Last in AL in runs (616) entering final weekend, so Sox fire bench coach Mark Parent.
Indians: How can team with AL's second-best pitching staff be so mediocre? Ask Chief Wahoo.
Royals: Ned Yost's team has...

It hasn't happened overnight, and it has had its share of painful moments.
But "The Plan" the Cubs began to execute in the fall of 2011 has led to an amazing rebirth of the organization, which appears headed for its first postseason...

Jozy Altidore insists he has not recovered completely from an injury-filled summer, a promising thought given his latest performance.
Altidore scored a pair of second-half goals in his return to the U.S. national team, and the Americans rallied to beat...

Kyle Schwarber's two home run game in Cincinnati on Tuesday night could have a domino effect on the Cubs as they head into the final days before the trading deadline, and leads to many new questions about the short-term and long-term future of the...

The Cubs salvaged the final game of the three-game City Series on Sunday as Jake Arrieta pitched a two-hitter and also hit his first career home run as the Cubs beat the White Sox 3-1 in front of 41,688 at Wrigley Field. The Cubs enter the All-Star...

With a new manager, a new ace and a bunch of rookies in the everyday lineup, the Cubs spent much of the first half of the season trying to find their identity.
After beating the White Sox 3-1 on a picture-perfect Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field, Jake...

The City Series reached a milestone Saturday afternoon when White Sox ace Chris Sale faced the Cubs' Jon Lester at Wrigley Field.
It was the 100th interleague meeting between the crosstown rivals who traditionally play up to the hype even if one or...